Title The New solar system / edited by J. Kelly Beatty, Brian O'Leary, Andrew Chaikin ; introduction by Carl Sagan

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Cambridge, Mass. : Sky Pub. Corp., 1981

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Description 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm Contents Introduction / Carl Sagan -- The golden age of solar system exploration / Noel W. Hinners -- The sun / John A. Eddy -- Magnetospheres and the interplanetary medium / James A. Van Allen -- The collision of solid bodies / Eugene M. Shoemaker -- Surfaces of the terrestrial planets / James W. Head, III -- Atmospheres of the terrestrial planets / James B. Pollack -- The moon / Bevan M. French -- Mars / Harold Masursky -- Life on Mars? / Gerald A. Soffen -- Asteroids / Clark R. Chapman -- The Voyager encounters / Bradford A. Smith -- Jupiter and Saturn / Andrew Ingersoll -- Planetary rings / Joseph A. Burns -- The Galilean satellites / Torrence V. Johnson -- Titan / James B. Pollack -- The outer solar system / David Morrison and Dale P. Cruikshank -- Comets / John C. Brandt -- Meteorites / John A. Wood -- Small bodies and their origins / William K. Hartmann -- Putting it all together / John S. Lewis Summary A guide to the current state of planetary science and the solar system, incorporating the most recent research on, and discoveries in, the solar systems and beyond Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index SUBJECT Solar system. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124544 Solar system. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124544 Author Beatty, J. Kelly. Chaikin, Andrew, 1956- O'Leary, Brian, 1940- LC no. 81002661 ISBN 0521238811

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